American Standard Version ASV
New International Version NIV
1 Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
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The LORD says to my lord:“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”
2 Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
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The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
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Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.
4 Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
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The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
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The Lord is at your right hand ; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill [the places] with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.
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He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink of the brook in the way: Therefore will he lift up the head.
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He will drink from a brook along the way,and so he will lift his head high.
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